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Pap Test Slide Screening

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 88164

Laboratory examination of cells collected from the cervix or vagina during a Pap test. A trained screener looks at the slide under a microscope, under a doctor's oversight, to find cells that look abnormal or precancerous. Findings are reported using a widely used standard format for cervical cell results.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Pap Test Slide Screening cost?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.92 from a physician practice, and about $32.36 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$26.92$15.14 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$24.55 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $11 to $76Professionalmedian $27 · 10th to 90th $14 to $91
$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $27

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$31.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$85.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$91.20
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$42.66

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Alaska than in New Jersey. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Nebraska· 5th of 51

$29.51

AK $51.29NJ $10.47

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.